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Chapter 5: Do You Want to Die?

I was in that dream again.

Grass wet with dew brushed against my bare legs as I glided quickly through the meadow, barely feeling the ground beneath my feet. My eyes were scanning for another glimpse of the majestic creature I’d just gained sight of a moment ago before it bound between two large pine trees.

I knew if I followed the gorgeous white pony further into the woods, I would run into him again.

“Don’t touch me!” He raised his voice, but he didn’t sit up, and his arms lay limp at his side. He wore a mask over his face. Only his onyx black eyes were visible to me.

“Do you want to die?” I retorted as I inspected his body for wounds.

“…I don’t care,” he replied quietly.

My hands paused. For some reason, his words broke my heart a little, even though he’d almost killed me just now.

I lifted my gaze to meet his. His eyes were so deep, so dark, like infinite wells, and I feared that if I spent too much time looking into them, I might not be able to extricate myself from their depths.

“Well, I do, okay?” I said. “My father would yell at me if he finds out I left someone bleeding to death in the wild! Relax. l’

m just going to bandage up these wounds.”

He grunted a bit when I lifted him off of the ground, but he didn’t fight back anymore.

Silence filled the air, and I felt I had to say something, so I started with the basic question. “What’s your name?”

He looked at me with those dark eyes and answered, “I don’t have one.”

“Really? That’s strange, because I don’t have one either.”

He cocked his head to the side and gave me a look that was a cross between confused and annoyed.

“It’s true. People just call me girl.”

“Girl?” he repeated.

“That’s right. Girl,” I gave him a big smile. My father had told me that smiles were one of the most effective ways to make friends.

But instead of returning a smile back to me, he almost seemed a bit uncomfortable and moved his gaze away from mine. “And what are you doing out here in the woods all alone?” he asked.

“Um…“ | tapped on my chin. “Have you heard of the Sun Blossom flower?”

His eyes widened slightly, and I could see that he had heard of it.

I continued, “You know, the flower that grows on the side of the mountains. I’ve heard they’re beautiful, and smell won

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derful. That’s why I came. My friend was leading me there…”

“Your friend?” he glanced around immediately, his tone

wary.

“Yes, my new friend. A little white pony…”

He let out a breath of relief, and then said matter-of-fact ly. “Those flowers, they’re not easy to get.”

“My mother also said it was a fool’s errand.” | rested my hands in my lap. “But I love flowers. Don’t you?”

He shrugged and looked down at the ground.

then, the fire was suddenly extinguished. His whole body was taken by

and I started to get

are you still here?” | couldn’t

“Is something the matter?”

looked up in shock, my mouth agape as

happened?” I asked

a beautiful Sun Blos som flower in full bloom, its delicate

one,” he said, handing the flower to me. “So I

I stared at the

in all around

shouted, wishing

him, and that was

into the fabric of my pants, and

was

shouted. “Are you

looked at me. I could see the whites of the eyes behind his mask, but in that stare, I saw no traces

the blood continued to pour

me-I realized he was dead and

pounding out of my chest as my

my hand over my face, I sat up in bed and

Right. The palace.

in the prince’s office. It was no wonder i’d had such a bloody version of my

that it was still quite early. It was unlikely that anyone else would be

I couldn’t go back to sleep. Not after

and decided to head to the gar den for a bit of fresh air. Being outside always

so I inhaled deeply, feeling more

easy. I wished that my father were here so he could give me advice about how to proceed. Luckily, his lessons had been engraved in my heart. I would find a way to make it through this trial to

beautiful rosebush. The blooms were a soft pink with traces of white, and they smelled divine. I paused to breathe them in, looking at the glorious pink and gold

fulness settled around me,

caught my attention and they quickly

of something crashing hard to

rose bushes, and then I heard what I thought were growls, followed by muttered curse

I immediately recognized one of them. He

He was being attacked… again. Really, how

would be best to get back

Shoot!

to hide myself, praying neither of them

ended shortly. Just then, I heard a

had no choice but to show myself. But as one last at tempt at self-preservation, I grabbed some dirt and smeared it on my face, messing up my hair and putting

at me. That way, he wouldn’t recognize me as the sole survivor of

expression was hard. His dark

about halfway. My eyes immediately went to his chest, but then I dropped my head so that I wasn’t staring at places

me a bit of hope that maybe someone

make it on time. Are you okay?” The footsteps finished in quick succession as Jake, the Beta, stopped next to the prince,

of replying to his Be

Highness,” I

he didn’t buy it. “You may look a mess, but I remember

way to the kitchen… to learn how to cook for

rumble, and with every syllable, a new tremor of fear passed

Jake tried to remind him, “But

caused him to get away?” | as sumed

Alpha.” Beta Jake glanced at me and dared not to say

locked on me again. I felt fear coursing through my body. He took a step closer to

me, I will end you. Do you hear me?” His words were as cold as ice and chilled me